Drying fuel supplied to furnaces or the like



W. R.'WOOD.

DRYING FUEL SUPPLIED'TO FIIRNACES- OR THE LIKE. APPLICATION FILED MAR.23. I919.

Q ZUQQ htente Aug. 22,,

"arch 535,

To all 'whmng Z 1 fuels ccnta-ining 11 555 proi'itabi UUX'IYL in @511they we first dries m to dry such fuel and V r, a 03:11 chute tisli to(fistil it destr r divides in "$0 falldown a sh lower canmaiw f0]:feeding the side him u'pake by rmmdad 1 d .0? amsie 0V mace. he 154 40112 115? is swam and p 75 thab at which 0 t Thus Lhe chum (Z 'wnoh orWaier vapour pa oroc iuv 'ss 0" distifiation int'o the ccmbustlon theirii 6 hamner Where it unnecessarily absorbs heat. p?? p Sacomiy, eitherthe furnace must be com- 1 i IS P 'j-" piicated 0y admission ofsac-onda'ry air 538% 5 $5 (dent for burning the pmduvts of distillame$519 5 91' sufficient air for this pm'pose mus: P v f i be drm'anthmuglia g ms, which, as 41347111355; P111994 1 wgli-knewn, un 'eco'nmicaf. pmceedi'ng. gages P {fie objection when a ts7z1v- 9% 'ci. ifhatthe pm'iizally coined S in i1 :11 ii d (mute nm 1 mp: the exitensum a or06 zxwzp; by rams. in tms 1211:?

, 'm-Qz. have slmwm 5 into a staking hopper Z. a of the chuie shouid 110i; flied uham'fie the mouh of the hopper travelling: grate. draw fireion imdinafl The object of the invention attaimed b (-ln'lifi. ausingg'the fuel in Gesnend 1') It Fi m'i? 'b hus fiiTfl'ibvi & chute whichextends 2 said invention 11m: $11 A, i r fine of {he 'Furmwe 21m 0fvarying same in charging place of the 211-1 I c":u'm:-- rangi thapropel-10m of {We ha t m The pzncess for'imating "WE/Sig W110 pass upthe u: oi? 1; 001161" m. a CLQLG 1&2

which the fuel'falls on to thaw-ate of the.

- l I h furnace, whlch vonslst's m pnssmg the waste H895 over andtln-mwh the Fuel in the chute L k: 7

and in so proportioning the Waste gases pass ing over or through thechute that the temp .pel'atul 'e 0 which the fuel is hated is not highgnough to distilthe fuel but exceeds that necessary to dry the fuel,iihe Water V517 pour producd eitnr escaping upwards through the fuel 01'being carried away with the Waste gases.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this spacifiqation.

VVHJFRED E. WOUD,

